July 20, 2011
In Chapter 11 of 17 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, designer and educator Jon Kolko interprets design thinking. He talks about the rise of “Design Thinking” philosophy, specifically using design methods to solve strategic business and organizational problems. He notes its shortcomings, specifically how design “doing” must complement design “thinking”.
July 13, 2011
Business models help support strategic goals, but too often executives don’t inject them with the necessary dose of creativity to bring about real success, according to new research by two INSEAD professors.
July 6, 2011
Kate Bulkley, media and technology analyst, chairs a panel on how we can create sustainable and effective models for tech-led social innovation. In this video the panel members discuss some of the technical and political issues that may interfere with open innovation, such as non-profit vs for-profit, the lack of internet access in some countries and government screening.
June 29, 2011
Joe Locandro, director of Group Information Technology at CLP Power HK Ltd talks about their experience developing an innovation culture in a large multinational organization. Joe provides numerous examples of incentives and processes that worked well during a culture change spanning over a period of 5-6 years.
June 22, 2011
Detlef Reis, aka “Dr D”, is the Founding Director and Chief Ideator of THINKERGY Limited and he also lectures for Business Creativity and Innovation Leadership at the College of Management, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. In this video Dr. Detlef walks through different innovation stages and provides lessons learned.
June 15, 2011
How do you create the best possible environment for innovation? How do you measure innovative success? These questions and more are addressed by executives from Top Fortune 500 companies such as Mozilla Corporation, JLabs, LivePerson, Intuit and Frost & Sullivan at a GIL Global event.
June 8, 2011
Professor Sawhney is a globally recognized scholar, teacher, consultant and speaker in strategic marketing, innovation and new media. In this video he describes how business leaders can create a conducive environment for innovation.
June 1, 2011
Larry Keeley, President of Doblin, Inc. discusses effective and winning innovation practices, developing a signature innovation competence and innovation leadership.
May 25, 2011
Frank Piller, professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the RWTH Aachen University, gives a comprehensive seminar on open innovation, including real life examples with possible obstacles, lessons learned and advice for getting started.
May 18, 2011
A more open and transparent world challenge us to rethink the way we do business, the way we organize and the way we lead. Globalization, Tranparency, Social Media, Collaborative software – all part of a social revolution that forces companies to engage in Social Business Innovation and Open Business Leadership. What can we learn from LEGO, Google, Starbucks, Proctor & Gamble and Nike?
May 11, 2011
Have you found that collaboration doesn’t really work? Ken Thompson explains that this is the result of the lack of a systematic meathod. Ken introduces concepts from his book “The Networked Enterprise” (TNE) and Virtual Enterprise Network (VEN) at the Connecting Innovation event in Brighton from The User Experience Society.
May 4, 2011
Steve Shapiro from the international consulting firm Accenture, reminds us that big breakthroughs will come outside our area of expertise and sometimes the most creative ideas aren’t rocket science.
April 27, 2011
Matthew Guiste, Director of Global Social Media at Starbucks discusses open innovation and social media. MyStarbucksIdea.com has generated around 100.000 ideas for new products and business improvements. Furthermore, Matthew talks about how to engage with 15 mill. fans on Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. From www.leaderlab.com
April 20, 2011
Luc Soete is Director of UNU-MERIT (the United Nations University- Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology). In this video he addresses three main innovation issues from the perspective of multi-level govenments;
1. Public funding of research in innovation – to what extent do we need to reassess?
2. The direction of technical change – focus on environmental sustainability & social innovation.
3. The regional impact of research and innovation policies.
April 13, 2011
This participatory program based in the US searches for and discusses innovative ways to create and use energy. Ideas submitted include: business model innovations to facilitate the use of solar energy, new waste-to-fuel options, progress in architecture and building practices, numerous projects to replace folsil fuels with algea, etc. The top Planet Forward innovator will be announced on Thurs. May 5th.
